he leaned back against the table with his arms folded across his chesthe was sitting at the desk with his arms foldedwhen they had finished she stood with folded arms admiring the new lookthe children should be seated properly, with folded arms on their desks

to give sb one's armdar el brazo a algn

give me your arm and let's walk slowly away

to hold sth/sb in one's armscoger algo/a algn en brazos

he held her in his arms till she quietedshe holds the infant in her arms

arm in arm

he walked arm in arm with his wifeiba cogido del brazo de su mujer;they were walking along arm in armiban cogidos del brazo

they rushed into each other's armscorrieron a echarse uno en brazos del otro

this pushed them into the arms of the Frenchesto les obligó a buscar el apoyo de los franceses

he held it at arm's lengthlo sujetaba con el brazo extendido

he struck a match and held it at arm's length

she came in on her father's armentró del brazo de su padre

with his coat over his armcon el abrigo sobre el brazo

to put one's arm(s) round sbabrazar a algn

within arm's reachal alcance de la mano

she left a glass on the bedside table, within arm's reach

to take sb's armcoger a algn del brazo

to take sb in one's armstomar a algn en sus brazos

to throw one's arms round sb's neckechar los brazos al cuello a algn

he had a parcel under his armllevaba un paquete debajo del brazo or bajo el brazo

to cost an arm and a legcostar un ojo de la cara (informal)

a week at a health farm can cost an arm and a leg

to keep sb at arm's lengthmantener las distancias con algn

she had bodyguards to keep the fans at arm's lengthhe invented that story to keep me at arm's length

a list as long as your armuna lista kilométrica

he has a string of convictions as long as your arm

the (long or strong) arm of the lawel brazo de la ley

if it becomes a crime knowingly to pass on the AIDS virus, AIDS sufferers must deal with a double threat: The long arm of the law and the possibility of a painful deaththe long arm of the law will catch up with him eventually if he carries on that way

we rowed down a quiet arm of the rivershe sat on the arm of my chairat the other end of Cardigan Bay is Bardsey IslandRobodoc, a mechanical arm with a drill on the end, helped surgeons carry out a complicated hip replacementthe arm seems to be bentthere's a tear in the arm

arm of the seabrazo (m) de mar

I looked out of the window at the end of the room, across to the arm of the sea which looked like some sort of backwaterin the arm of the sea our ships and floating batteries pounded the enemy

Millicom Holdings is the British arm of an American companythe research arm of Congressthe research arm of Moorfields Eye Hospitalhe had entered the Italian Army in 1890 as an artillery officer and moved into the air arm twenty years later

the military arm of the Western allianceel brazo armado de la alianza occidental

were currently vying for control over the naval air armGerry Adams, the leader of the IRA's political arm Sinn Fein

the political arm of a terrorist groupel brazo político de un grupo terrorista

Herri Batasuna (HB) is considered to be the political arm of ETA-Militar

the Americans accused them of arming the rebelsarming the police doesn't deter crimethe U.S. has backed away from its plans to arm the Bosnian Muslimsa report describing how to arm missiles with fuel air explosivesthere was the metal scrape of the escorts arming their rifles

to arm sb with stharmar a algn de or con algo;proveer a algn de algo;to arm o.s. with stharmarse de or con algo;armarse de algo;she had armed herself with a riflese había armado de or con un rifle;I armed myself with all the information I would needme armé de toda la información que necesitaría

to arm o.s. with argumentsto arm o.s. with patienceshe thought that, if she armed herself with all the knowledge she could gather, she could handle anything

intransitive verb

armarse;againstcontra

Reagan spoke more harshly about the Soviet Union and spent more to arm against it than any other presidentthis won Britain time to re-arm against another attacksecurity, they argue, can be assured only with a potential enemy, not by arming against himothers choose to defend their neutrality by arming heavilythe enemy was arming

there are 1 million people under arms in CubaEthiopia had the largest army in black Africa, some 300,000 men under arms plus an air force and a navy

to be up in arms about sth

environment groups are up in arms about the planlos grupos ecologistas están oponiéndose al plan enfurecidamente;no need to get up in arms over such a small thingno hace falta poner el grito en el cielo or ponerse así por una cosa tan insignificante

you can understand why most of the country is up in arms about the state of the education systemconsumers are up in arms at price rises

china painted with the arms of Philippe Vhis local pub, the Abercorn Arms

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arms control (n)control (m) de armamento(s)

an arms control agreementarms control negotiations

arms dealer (n)traficante (m) de armas

Uzi was an international arms dealer who specialized in sales to Iranhe was accused of being an arms dealer and helping the Israeli secret service

arms embargo (n)embargo (m) de armas

the Security Council yesterday imposed an immediate arms embargo against Yugoslaviahe expects the Security Council to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia

arms factory (n)fábrica (f) de armas

one of our most important arms factories is being cloed downthey are targeting the arms factories

arms limitation (n)límite (m) armamentístico

Grey approached the Germans in bilateral negotiations between 1909 and 1911 and in 1912 in an attempt to reach a naval arms limitation agreement. The most the Germans would offer was a slowing-down in the pace of their construction programmeThe second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SALT II) had been signed only days before

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